Adobeville

Finger and Toe Models announces the release of the 28mm card stock ADOBEVILLE with 2 stackable 3" high, 4'x4" modules and eight interchangeable wall blocks for variety. The wall blocks are easily removable giving you access to the interiors. The textures allow you to build any mud brick village or town from Gilgamesh’s Ur to modern third world seen on the nightly news. Build the pueblos of the fabled Seven Cities of Cibola and ambush the greedy conquistadores or recreate the deadly street fighting in Monterrey as advancing American troops attempted to seize one of Mexico’s key cities. Roofs vary from the flat mud covered branches of the Anasazi to the wood of the Middle east or tiled roofs of Mexico.

Remember, every Finger and Toe model comes with SMOOSH ASSURANCE: if ya’ll smoosh your ADOBEVILLE, a new set waits your summons from hard drive and printer.

Buy it! These modules go together easily and are a delight. The set is immensely useful as is. I hope though that the next edition will have layers to the PDF that will allow customization because I like to color terrain differently. The only thing I [...]

"Mud has been the mother of architecture" is the tag line on this set. In which case, Adobeville is the mother of terrain building sets. The first thing you notice is the sheer number of variations possible with the optional parts. A roof parapet, a dome, [...]

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